Tool - Opiate
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Free Music Review: Tool - Opiate
Hit: 5 Stars
Ya know, I love reading the reviews here on amazon for any of the Tool CDs. It really is entertaining. I know that sounds pathetic, but what else can I do... homework? haha... anyway, this cd is excellent. I love every second of it. But I can understand why someone wouldn't like it... gasp a Tool fan who can understand why someone doesn't like his favorite band in the world... omg... c'mon, if you dont like it, then why bother to write a review except to say that you don't like it. Don't go bash the fans or the band... its not like they really care what you have to say about them... and that can go both ways. i did like that one review that was full of sarcasm... brilliant. funny too. well, not all Tool fans are like that. Just get over it, Tool is here to stay, and if you don't like them, don't listen to em. Ignore what the Tool fans say about "not getting it" because it really doesn't mean anything at all. i don't really get Tool, and i still like them.
ok, ive said my two cents, if you enjoyed it, yay, and if you didnt, yay again.
bye bye
Free Music Review: Only complaint is the length
Hit: 5 Stars
yeah yeah i know it's an EP, but it's so good i want to hear more. a very solid first cd without question. Free Music Review: To that one star reviewer that said Adam Jones Sucks
Hit: 1 Stars
What The F**k is wrong with you. You are in need of mental health.....Adam Jones is one of the most greatest guitarists or if not THE most greatest guitarist I have ever heard. You won't know a good guitarist if he shoved his guitar head up your A$$.....which Adam Jones oughta do for bashing his great talent. Sure he doesn't show his best work on this but it's still good.....Tool's later stuff shows his real talent. That and Adam Jones as what influenced some guitarists today. So go listen to your click five and good charolet bullcrap while us people with nuts enjoy toolFree Music Review: Chapter One
Hit: 4 Stars
Tool has come a long way since this EP, and while the songs of this mighty godfather of progressive rock may have changed from anti-commercialism three minute metal in the vein of Hush to sweeping epics such as Lateralus, it is still important to remember the roots of Tool, and recognize the certain qualities not present in their current releases, regardless of how incredible the current output may be.
The one thing included on Opiate which has become more and more lacking with each album is the blatantly obvious sense of humor and dismissive, insulting cracks at the society we live in. This is not to say I don't think Lateralus and AEnima are vastly superior to this, but there is a certain satisfaction in hearing Maynard rant and rave about commercialism in music and about that good old controversial religious figure JC on Opiate that started to only be included in segues between songs on later albums.
At the same time we have to remember that, as I said earlier, this album is just the roots of Tool, and greater things were (and hopefully are) still to come. The social commentary remains to this day in their music but looked at more from an angle of "what can I do to improve myself?" rather than just laying into corporate, religious America, which more than all my above rambling, just signifies that the band has matured over time.
The whole album is great from start to finish, but highlights are Sweat, which actually does invoke soon-to-be Tool themes of outer-body experiences, as well as Part Of Me, a tribute to vocalist Maynard James Keenan's genitals, and of course Opiate, the controversial album closer which started Tool's bubbling under of fame.
The two live songs are great as well and present Tool in a more punk-rock atmosphere, the sound quality of this amateur recording outdoing most professionally produced live recordings to date. Basically the only track I could have done without is Hush, and don't forget to wait for The Gaping Lotus Experience, the hidden track which salutes psychedilic substances in all their glory. Just buy it, you won't be disappointed.
Free Music Review: Opiate numbed the pain
Hit: 5 Stars
This album rocks! Though, it's hard to expect any less from this band.